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Lasse Andersen’s mission in life is to change the way people look at porridge.

Bowls full of sticky, slimy, gray and thick mush have often been associated most with the “very healthy” oatmeal portions doled out during childhood. Sugar, jam or honey can spice the stuff up, but porridge is not something that’s usually associated with the word gourmet.

In 2011, in a tiny cellar in Copenhagen’s most trendy neighborhood, Andersen, a proud oatmeal lover, decided to do whatever he could to give porridge its renaissance.

“Usually, porridge is associated with something you eat when you are sick or poor,” he said in an interview. “I wanted to make it into something delicate.”

And so he opened what he believes to be the world’s first porridge bar for refined tastes, called Grodbar. Contrasting the shack-like places he’d seen in other countries, Andersen wanted his porridge bar to attract the young and dandy, not only the poor and hungry. Wooden tables and brick walls, matched with Scandinavian graphic design, were supposed to give people passing by the impression that it was a place that could satisfy picky palates. This place serves gourmet food. Read More »

Two weeks ago, actress and singer Patti LuPone grabbed a cell phone out of the hand of an audience member who was texting during a performance of her current play, "Shows for Days." The bold move led to an outpouring of support from fans fed up with glowing screens. Ms. LuPone gives us her five rules of theater etiquette.